1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1956


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=25
FinalFourArena=McGaw Hall
FinalFourCity=Evanston, Illinois
Champions=San Francisco
TitleCount=2nd
RunnerUp=Iowa
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=SMU
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Temple
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=Phil Woolpert
CoachCount=2nd
MOP=Hal Lear
MOPTeam=Temple
Attendance=132,513
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Hal Lear
TopScorerTeam=Temple
Points=160The 1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1956, and ended with the championship game on March 24 in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

This was the first NCAA tournament in which the four regionals were given distinct names, although the concept of four regional winners advancing to a single site for the "Final Four" had been introduced in 1952.

San Francisco, coached by Phil Woolpert, won the national title with a 83-71 victory in the final game over Iowa, coached by Bucky O'Connor. Hal Lear of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East Region

8TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Connecticut
RD1-score1=84
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Manhattan
RD1-score2=75

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Temple
RD1-score3=74
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Holy Cross
RD1-score4=72

RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Dartmouth
RD1-score5=61
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=West Virginia
RD1-score6=59

RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Canisius
RD1-score7=79
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=N.C. State
RD1-score8=78

RD2-team1=Connecticut
RD2-score1=59
RD2-team2=Temple
RD2-score2=65

RD2-team3=Dartmouth
RD2-score3=58
RD2-team4=Canisius
RD2-score4=66

RD3-team1=Temple
RD3-score1=60
RD3-team2=Canisius
RD3-score2=58

Midwest Region

3RoundBracket-Byes

RD1-team3=Morehead St.
RD1-score3=107
RD1-team4=Marshall
RD1-score4=92

RD1-team7=Wayne St-MI
RD1-score7=72
RD1-team8=DePaul
RD1-score8=63

RD2-team1=Iowa
RD2-score1=97
RD2-team2=Morehead St.
RD2-score2=83

RD2-team3=Kentucky
RD2-score3=84
RD2-team4=Wayne St-MI
RD2-score4=64

RD3-team1=Iowa
RD3-score1=89
RD3-team2=Kentucky
RD3-score2=77

West Region

3RoundBracket-Byes

RD1-team3=SMU
RD1-score3=68
RD1-team4=Texas Tech
RD1-score4=67

RD1-team7=Oklahoma City
RD1-score7=97
RD1-team8=Memphis St.
RD1-score8=81

RD2-team1=Houston
RD2-score1=74
RD2-team2=SMU
RD2-score2=89

RD2-team3=Kansas St.
RD2-score3=93
RD2-team4=Oklahoma City
RD2-score4=97

RD3-team1=SMU
RD3-score1=84
RD3-team2=Oklahoma City
RD3-score2=63

Far West Region

3RoundBracket-Byes

RD1-team3=Seattle
RD1-score3=68
RD1-team4=Idaho St.
RD1-score4=66

RD2-team1=Utah
RD2-score1=81
RD2-team2=Seattle
RD2-score2=72

RD2-team3=San Francisco
RD2-score3=72
RD2-team4=UCLA
RD2-score4=61

RD3-team1=Utah
RD3-score1=77
RD3-team2=San Francisco
RD3-score2=92

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals
RD2=National Championship

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Temple
RD1-score1=76
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Iowa
RD1-score2=83

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=SMU
RD1-score3=68
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=San Francisco
RD1-score4=86

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Iowa
RD2-score1=71
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=San Francisco
RD2-score2=83

ee also

* 1956 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1956.htm 1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.